Swift and Mimetic Sickness.
The article presents literary criticism of the essay "A Modest Proposal" and the books "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift. It examines Jonathan Swift's critiques of modernity, with a particular focus on the concept of mimesis as explored in the book "Mimesis and Alterity" b...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 359 - 374 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Fall2013
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| Sumario: | The article presents literary criticism of the essay "A Modest Proposal" and the books "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift. It examines Jonathan Swift's critiques of modernity, with a particular focus on the concept of mimesis as explored in the book "Mimesis and Alterity" by theorist Michael Taussig. Topics discussed include authorship, print culture, satire, and illness. |
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